Wan Zafran Pawancheek

Advocate & Solicitor (practising)

Wan Zafran Pawancheek is a practising advocate and solicitor.

• Articles

• Malay Language Usage in the Malaysian Courts / November 6, 2020
  - The Malaysian courts use English, but are in reality Malay language-first.
• Malaysia's First Livestreamed Court Hearing / April 23, 2020
  - Malaysia's first live-streamed court hearing went well. Some suggestions.
• Git for Legal Practice / January 3, 2020
  - Version control for lawyers/advocates and solicitors, and its benefits.
• The Malaysian Civil Courts - Judgments & Orders, Part 1 / August 7, 2019
  - On what judgments/orders are, and what they do.
• Choosing Lawyers - By Their 'Specialties' and 'Subspecialties' / July 16, 2019
  - Some lawyers go to court, some don't, but all have specific areas of practice.
• The Malaysian Civil Courts - On Forced Settlements/Mediation / March 8, 2019
  - Be careful if a judge forces you to mediate or settle your case outside court.
• The Malaysian Civil Courts - Case Managements / August 1, 2017
  - Court appearances intended to regulate observance of procedure.
• The Malaysian Civil Courts - Mentions / July 27, 2017
  - The first court appearance in a case.
• The Malaysian Civil Courts - An Introduction / July 26, 2017
  - How lawyers and judges go about their duties in the Malaysian civil courts - the introduction.
• How Lawyers Publicise Should Not Change / June 1, 2017
  - Lawyers ought to be imposed with restrictions when publicising themselves.
• Advocates Must Not Use Their Titles In Court / January 16, 2017
  - All are equal before the law. And advocates ought to be the first to demonstrate so.
• The Better Approach To Appellate Intervention / July 16, 2016
  - More questioning of and by the judiciary themselves.
• Demise of the Solicitor's Lien / March 10, 2016
  - On the solicitors' lien, in the era of e-filing.
• Advocates - On Masters and Their Pupils / November 27, 2015
  - Masters must spend time with their pupils.
• Rudyard Kipling's Ritual - Penned for Engineers / November 12, 2015
  - A sober reminder as to the duties of professionals, which advocates may learn from.
• Decisions Must Have Reasons / September 30, 2015
  - When judicial decisions cannot be traced to reasoned application of the law.
• Cut Down Your Issues and Arguments / April 30, 2015
  - Issues and arguments are at their best if they can be immediately understood.
• Swag, Fluff and Pomp / April 27, 2015
  - There is little need for posturing.
• Adversaries in Law / April 13, 2015
  - Friends of the court also ought to be friends outside court.
• Avoid Litigation for Small Estates / September 27, 2014
  - Don't litigate when the sums inherited are small.
• On Preparing Judicial Opinions / July 16, 2014
  - A reminder on how to write good judgments.
• Case Blueprints / June 28, 2014
  - On blueprints and case theories.